Paintbrush holder



April 14, 1931. D. E. BOSTROM PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed Jan. 14, 1929 Zmew T06. p/lvw 15. 505777019. arm; A 770571 573.

Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES DAVID E. BOSTROM, or MINNEAPOLIS,nnvnnso'ra PAINTBRUsH HOLDER Application filed January 14, 1929. SerialNo. 332,265.

This invention relates to holders or hangers and especially to suchdevices which may be supported from containers, such as paint pots tohold brushes or other implements used in connection with the contents ofthe container.

It is an object of my invention to provide a simple, inexpensive anddurable holding device especially adapted to be used in con nection withpaint pots for supporting a plurality of brushes or other implements ata desired level with respect to the liquid or contents of the pot orother container.

It is a further objectto provide apaint l5 brush holder adapted to bequickly adjusted for attachment within the inner periphery of a paintcan or pot and adapted further to be adjusted vertically to cause one ormore of the brushes to be held at desired heights with respect to thebottom of the container. A further object is to provide a device of theclass described, wherein a plurality of brush holding elements may beadjusted circumferentially upon an annular supporting member to spacethe handles of brushes carried thereby at various distancesapart withina paint container.

More specifically it is an object of my invention to provide a band orannular supporting member having a wide range of circumferentialadjustability to be nested within containers of various sizes and toprovide adjustable means for supporting said band atvarious heightsrelative to the top and bottom of the container, and to provide a seriesof eircumferentially adjustable holding elements projecting radiallyfrom said band.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentfrom the following description made in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which like reference characters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an embodiment of my invention applied to apaint container of conventional type;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line o 2-2 showing the manner inwhich the sup porting band is adjustably connected with the container;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary inner view of the container showing a portion ofthe supporting band and one of the adjustable supporting hooks; and

Fig. at is a cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showingthemanner in which a brush may be supported within the container.

As illustrated in the drawings, my device includes an adjustable annularsupporting member 5, preferably in the form of a band of spring metalhaving a loop or keeper 6 allixed to one of its ends by suitable means,such as rivets and having its opposite end passed through said loop orkeeper to frictionally and adjustably hold said band substantially inthe form of acircle.

A series of loops or supporting clips 7 are slidably mounted upon band 5each carrying an inwardly and substantially radially extending holdingelement E, which, as shown, is constructed from a resilient strip formedto provide a pair of spaced resilient fingers 8 preferably havingdiverging entrance extremities andintermediately disposed clampingportions. Holding elements E may be rigidly attached to the slidableclips 7 in any suitable manner, such as by spot weldmg. Adjust-able band5 is provided with a plurality (shown as three) of adjustable hookmembers 9, as shown each comprising a strip of material having alongitudinally extending slot 9a therein and providedwith an out wardlyand downwardly turned upper extremity 9b, which is adapted to engage theupper edge of a container, such as a paint pot. Hook elements 9 may beadjustably secured in spaced relation upon band 5 by suitable means,such as the nutted bolts 10. y

The fixed loop or keeper 6 may carry one or the radially extendingholding elements E if desired.

In utilizing my device, the band 5 is first adjusted circumferentiallyto snugly lit the inner periphery of a paint pot or other container byslipping the projecting end of said hand through the keeper 6. Hookelements 9?) are then engaged with the upper edge of the container tosupport the devicetherefrom and the nuts on bolts 10 may then beloosened and subsequently tightened to adjust the height of the holdingdevice relative to the level of the liquid Within the container. Thus,as shown in Fig. l the su-pportingi hooks arerso adjusted as tolcausethehandles' of the brushes B to be held in proper position topermit the brush proper to be immersed Within the liquidI 'Tlieseverallioll ing elements E may be spaced as desired up on band 5 bymerely sliding their supporting clips 7 thereon. It Will be obvious.that ad-. ditional holding elements may be attached upon the: bandToy-releasing ,thesliding Jen.- gagement between the ends of therbandandi inserting, the supportingsloopsfl oithe" desired. additionalholding elementszand again -slippingz one end of the band through the:

keeper 6. From the :toregoingidescription -:it Will'f'be seenthat la:simple, compact andfinexpensive V device-has been provided forefficiently; hold-- -ing a plurality of brushes at a desired level-Wlthlllvit container with respectto the-bottom or: the. level of theliquid ofjthe container; It will furtherbeseen'that my device may; be;-quickly; and conveniently adjusted: for" atr-.-- tachment: Within,containers of various cir; cumferenceand that'the brushes or' otherimplements to be heldmay beeasily: inserted; within the divergingentranceeextremities: of? the holding fii1gers--8 t It Will,'ofcourse',1beundestood that various V changes-may be made in theiform,details;. arrangement and proportions :of 3' the parts: Withoutdepartingvi'rom :the scope: of the Bills vention; Whatrisr-claimedxisiz' r 11 A holding .device-comprising; an elongated strip1 ofa material having; a1 keeper radaacent :one end thereof,tlienoppositesend of-i said strip beingrslidably disposed Withinisaid:keeper, .hook members engageablec-With: thie upper edge of a containerto support said: strip, vertically: adjustable connections between saidhooks and said 'strip, anda hold-'- ing element circ-umferentially'adjustable upon said. strip j and "extending substantially.

horizontally and "inwardly therefrom 2. Aholdingzdevice, comprisingmnannu-' larf member adapted to fit Within the inner peripheryofTacontainenapli1rality ofl'cir--- cumfrentially spaced supportingelements: having hooked .upper ends engageable with the sedge-1 of acontainer, slidable' connections between said .-supporti-ng,; elements?and said, annular member to permit verticalwadjust mentlofi saidannulanmembervwithinr said container, clampingrmeans'sforrholdingesaidisupporting '1' members i relatively rigid-I Withsaid'. annular member, 1and a holdingele'- mentzsupported from said annular member and adaptedto extend inwardly Within said container.

3. A holding device, comprising a circumferentially ad]ustable annularmember constructed from a single strip of resilient materialhavingjitsends adjustably secured together, meanshfor. supp ortinggsaid annularmember-:initelescoped ppsition within a container and above the bottomof said container, and an inwardly and horizontally extending holdingelement islidalily connected with said annular member and supportedtherefrom.

4: A holding device comprising a member adapted to fit Within the innerperiphery of a container, means engageable with the upper edgeOf-ESaiCl-V container; for-s s11p p ortin'g said member connectionsbetween. said isuppor-t, ing; means andy-s aid members Ion permitting.vertical adjustment oi said membenrwithfirefv erence .to-the bottomaofsaid cpntainerandran holding element supported from said-mem-.- her: andextending; inwardly thereof- (within said-:containera v p p I V.

In testimony, whereotl zaiiizo'my signaturea 'DAVID E.' BO ST ROM;

